Speaking of, how can they possibly not have found some company that will pay a fair price for the naming rights?

Bad Robot

Two days ago, a single engine Cessna was stolen in Canada, intercepted and followed by two F-16s, and then landed in Missouri. Dumb question: How slow can an F-16 fly so that it can follow a single engine aircraft?

There's a growing sentiment in this country to subject prosecutors who withhold evidence to civil or criminal penalties. I have no problem with that. If your sense of right and wrong, as a prosecutor, can't guide you down the obvious path then you need to be sanctioned. Hard.

Cursebird: A website that tracks every curse word in every Tweet on Twitter in real time. (Warning: Language, obviously.) And you can also check to see whether a particular user on Twitter has ever been guilty of The Potty Mouth. In that area, I'm sin free.

Obama about the Iraqis yesterday: "They need to take responsibility for their country." Amen, bruther.

AnObiter went nuts yesterday and got freaky hair. And she posted a pic.

I heard sports guy Chuck Cooperstein once say that you know Spring has arrived when The Masters is being played. Yep.

I have the oddest memory of a female partner in my first law firm job say, as she gazed off to the side with the biggest smile, "I just love Tony" upon learning something controversial that Dallas Cowboy Tony Dorsett had said. We were in the elevator in the Republic Bank building in downtown Dallas. It just seemed so weird for her to refer to Dorsett by his first name, and I have no idea why I can't get that memory out of my head.

There's a mass shooting every week: Yesterday five ended up dead in Alabama. Truly, this happens so often that it just gets buried in the news.

WBAP's Amy Chodroff this morning referred to Flo Rida, who is appearing on American Idol tonight, as a "her."

A headline that will wake you up this morning: "Texas judge allows collection of dead son's sperm."

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i lived in Arlington when the Ballpark was being named...a survey called "name the ballpark" went out to all the houses in the area and everyone voted on the name. it was a big deal back then, because everyone really liked the first stadium (for some strange reason) and nobody wanted to name it...thus, the Ballpark arose. true story!

The mother of the son who was killed outside a bar is either too old to have more children or too old to mother three more sons! When you think the world can't get more weird, something like harvesting sperm on life support happens!

Is this woman related to OctoMom?

Guess we need to pass some laws regarding parents making themselves grandparents after death. Or leave it in our will that we don't want anymore children after we are gone!

Maybe it would be better just going back to letting nature take it course and couples, or loony mothers can just adopt children who need homes!

I hate to keep doing this, but you keep doing it: Bush said the Iraqis should take more responsibility back in 2003. That point has always been a given. You might as well post about Obama saying, "We need to water this grass more often."

I'm not understanding the Liberal breathlessness over every Obama platitude.

Obama made a lot of comments before he got back home. Of course, Iraq should be responsible for its own security and govern itself. The comment made that has everyone talking is "America is not a Christian nation". Why would he bring this up the week of Easter when more people go to church than anywhere in the world on Sunday. Guess he hasn't felt the need to go to church very often or any since moving into the White House. He will need Divine leadership to lead us through difficult time and he will need the prayers and help of Christians.

I was one of the hundreds that stood on 51 yesterday as the procession went by. WOW! What a tribute to the fallen officer. About 80 motorjocks, and I would guess 150-200 law enforcement vehicles from EVERYWHERE. DEA, Border Patrol, Tyler, Longview, College Station, and many, many other locations. Thoughts and prayers to Officer White's family and also to York's family. Not York, but his family. I can't imagine how they must feel knowing someone they felt they knew so well, could have done such a horendous act.Rest in peace, our protector!

BG, the reason you like this girl is the same reason all of the guys on this blog will like her too. She is an attractive girl and she is also a girl that would possibly say yes to a date with you. Most of the other girls of the day wouldn't give any of us the time of day. That is my opinion on why we find this girl hot, besides the fact that she has giant boobs.

Do you think more mass murders are happening now than every before? I don't recall ever hearing about it every day. A few years ago, it seemed like there might be 1 a month... maybe. Is this because of the terrible economy or have I just been oblivious to the news in the past?

WTF???? Does that lady just plan to run around and offer random women her son's sperm or what? I can't believe that they would really allow this. They can't really guarantee that this woman will make responsible choices with the sperm so how do we know she won't go get some unemployed girl to have a few more welfare children? Is this really a responsible decision by that judge?

8:57 said:"They can't really guarantee that this woman will make responsible choices with the sperm..."That's funny right there, I don't care who you are!Every day, people - both men and women - don't make responsible choices with sperm. The fact that it's a dead man's sperm and his mom making the decision about it...well, that just makes it weird!Besides all that, 8:57, your reasoning is illogical. The judge doesn't have a say in what happens after the judgment; only in whether the request is legal. The unemployed mother on welfare comment is knee-jerk reaction.I agree that the whole deal is questionable. It's not so much a case of a mother wanting to fulfill her son's wish to have children (conceived after he's dead?), but a woman's desperate attempt to have grandchildren AFTER her son's death

I once knew a girl that was a sperm collection site...I dont think she used a court order.Even though obammy cursed at her saying that she should take responsibility even though she was involved in a mass shooting that involved mostely blanks!Tony d. was playing at the diamond ball park at the time.I dont think the prosecuters cared because they were getting sanctioned so hard that the vasoline wouldnt stop the chaffing.

I can never understand why prosecutors can make up evidence to have Senator Stevens thrown out of office but yet William Jefferson who was caught red handed can't even be brought to trail. You liberal weenies play by a your own rules.

WHY? WHY? WHY? do these numbnuts kill all these people and then kill themselves? Just stay home, off yourself and leave everyone else in peace. Geez!

If only. And has anybody noticed how many of these are committed by jilted exes? People kill people and all that, but maybe we should consider whether emotionally and physically abusive men need to be packing heat?

The F-16's would have done a series of circles or S's to maintain their airspeed and to stay within intercept distance of the plane. They would not have been parked on the wing just flying along like you see in the movies.

Wordkyle is correct, that has been the clarion call ever since we have been in Iraq, and it has been subsequently dismissed as an excuse from the liberals all these years. Where's the outrage of those who voted for Obama. His campaign promise was to have ALL the troops out in 90 days from his swearing in. Now it's the year 2010, but with a continued presence of 35,000 troops. Wow, why isn't the man being crucified for not keeping this campaign promise, since it was such a negative attack tool used against Bush. Where's the outrage for him keeping a presence over there and moving all the attention to Afghanistan? What's the big deal with Afghanistan, why does he want to send all that manpower in there? Why isn't he being dogged for not bringing all those folks home like he promised? SUCH HYPOCRISY!

No self respecting grunt would give that sorry sack o' dump the time of day. While you're surfing the interweb, look for the "rousing" reception he received from a group of Marines on a trip to Camp Lejeune.

Huh. So a picture of Bush getting high-fives from dudes on an aircraft carrier is a testament to the love "the troops" have for the C-in-C, but a dude who gives a dap to the Prez in Baghdad is an REMF. Double-standard, maybe? And I'd be interested to know the opinions of some of the black soldiers serving on the "front lines" in Iraq and Afghanistan. Or do they not count?

Anyway, just fyi...us civilians back home appreciate everybody whose left their friends and family behind to serve in a dangerous place like Iraq and Afghanistan. I don't really care if their REMFs or not because they're far away from home and my appreciation of someone's sacrifice isn't dictated by my approval of their politics.

Just saw on Brietbart where Obammy is considering seeding the clouds to prevent global warmism. Can this guy get anymore cuckoo? But of course. I bet all the people that live up north feel much better after just going through one of the worst winters on record.

President Obama has some reasonable criticism due him , however, the right-wing is currently on a whining-crying-bullying merry-go-round going faster and faster into la-la land so out of control that they have been unable to present a substantive point.

Unfortunately, even when President Obama made the campaign promise to pull troops out of Iraq, many of us realized this admirable goal would be difficult. The Bush led, unfounded invasion of Iraq will be a tragic mistake that will not end easily. Hence, adding to the severe consequences of his mistake. The 'surge' which sent more troops and bought off the insurgents with millions in cash only resulted in relocating them to Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran. Similar to the Whack-a-mole game. If we pull our troops out of Iraq and use our military might to battle Al Qaeda in unstable neighboring countries, they will only retreat back to Iraq. Chasing bad guys from one unstable country to another seems like a costly circle of human life and money while building resentment toward the U.S.

Perhaps President Obama's strategy is to build good will with the citizens of these nations. To encourage and support them to turn against Al Qadea themselves rather than joining Al Qadea as they are doing now. Developing strong internal allies, gaining intelligence and joining forces to defeat Al Qadea with minimal loss.

Republican voices without the extremism are needed to return our politics to a healthy balance this country needs.

And it's just like a right-winger to leave out inconvenient facts. I'm sure you got along fine with soldiers of whatever color, but that has nothing to do with the point I was making.

You had to Google "REMF" didn't you?

No. Anyone who's read even one Tom Clancy book knows what that term means.

Look at all the women in the pictures. You know they didn't come from a combat unit.

No women have died in Iraq?

Look...the point I'm trying to get at is that I don't see why you have to go to the trouble of dividing up the "real" soldiers from the REMFs so you can avoid the inconvenient fact that some "real" soldiers actually like Obama. You have to know as well as I do that in a place like Iraq, you couldn't possibly hope to be safe just because you were camped out in the Green Zone. Sure, guys manning desks haven't died in the numbers that guys out on patrols in places like Sadr City have, but how many actually were killed by rockets, or mortars, lobbed into the Green Zone? Or suicide bombers that got past checkpoints? I'm just saying, you're imposing an artificial distinction here because that's easier than acknowledging that some real "front line" troops like Obama.

Your attitude is unfortunately becoming more and more prevalent in our society today: quick to an opinion, knowing what's best for everyone, glib remarks hiding behind book learning. A sense of full entitlement. It think the Wise County term for your ilk would be "All hat and no cattle." Truly a sad commentary on the state of our country and its future.

I don't know why an inability to acknowledge that some soldiers actually like Obama requires a psychological profiling of me.

Jarhead says "I would not consider sailors and Marines serving on an aircraft Carrier REMFs. Baghdad, on the other hand is a 300 sq. mi. city of about 7 million, and probably one of the safer cities in Iraq ~ not exactly the front lines of the war on terror. This is the rear echelon of the war on terror." You might want to look up where losses have occurred. It reads something like this: Baghdad, Baghdad, Baghdad some other place, Baghdad, Baghdad, Baghdad, Baghdad, Najaf, Baghdad... Ever been to Sadr City?

"The Polish officer was wounded when insurgents attacked a convoy of 16 Polish soldiers returning from a promotion ceremony for Iraqi civilian defense trainees near Baghdad. Maj. Hieronim Kupczyk, 44, died at a military hospital in Karbala, the Polish Defense Ministry said."

Jarhead, I appreciate your military service, but I have been offended by your remarks on this board today. As I am sure many others have been as well.

My father served proudly in the United States military for over twenty five years. He was wounded in combat and was awarded metals for his actions. He was a proud patriot, a good Christian, a devoted father and voted Democratic all of his life. I have a brother and four uncles who also served our country, are Christians and are Democrats. They all fought for our freedom to vote for whoever we choose and our freedom of religion.

Your derogatory statements here indicate to me that you have personal issues. Deal with them.

7:37, Ask your relatives if they would be proud to serve under an Alynskyite communist community organizer that apologizes to the world for all of our past attrocities and is cutting our defense budget and trying to disarm all honest nations of their nucular weapons and leaving only rogue nations with them.

Why would everyone KNOW your true identity, Jarhead...Kevin? If you want to go by your own terms..then use KEVIN as your screen name. THEN we'll know who you are. As far as I'm concerned, the only one who is open about their true identity here is Barry Green. And, if you people can't figure out that for some people it is necessary to remain anonymous, then it would be a waste of time to try and explain it. Thought you were smart enough to figure that out, but you must be "retarded" in your thinking. Bon voyage, Kevin.

Oh baby! The first thing I thought about the pick me up? She probably cleans up pretty good. Then: Probably fairly low maintenance. Followed by: I bet she's good with kids. And: She might already have a bass boat or season pass to TMS!Good grief I've got to stop getting so old.

If Jug speaks for all marines, then this is a contridiction to what I have been led to believe about marines. When Clinton was president, some nut-ball winger marine posted on a blog about how they would purposely not salute properly, or address the Commander in Chief improperly to show their disrespect for President Clinton. Another marine posted and stated that he did not believe such a thing happened. According the this marine, anything done improperly reflects on the marines, and no self respecting marine would intentionaly mar the integrity of marine dedication to our country, and whoever was Commander in Chief and would serve and protect him at all cost. Maybe this marine was wrong, and not all marines are the God Country Loving Americans that they claim to be. I thought they were to protect our President, regardless of who he was. Lack of piss use during a fire would indicate this is not true of all of them.